Jocks Vs. Nerds: The Adventures Continue

In high school, there were the set cliques. The jocks/preps, the stoners, the wangstas, the farm kids, the nerds....who were music, theatre, arts, and writing mixed together with some of the extremely intelligent bunch too. (I guess the farms kids are what made our school kinda different than the stereotypical high school). But there were these groups and sometimes they'd mingle. Some would stay stuck up and not have anything to do with the others if they could help it.

You know the typical high school routine. It's like a law to be a clique-y ass for four to six years.

This apparently continues into college. I was sincerely hoping it would not but within my first two weeks on campus I learned that this crap just go on and on. Drama: the gift that keeps on giving.

By this time, I'm used to it and I have resigned myself to the fact that, like the title of my blog states, high school really doesn't end. In fact, looking at adult behavior recently, I'm of the mind that it never will. That kinda majorly sucks.

Anyways, I had forgotten how much the athletic department thinks they're better than everyone else on campus until this past weekend and today.

Being disrespected by an adult (as in, someone over the age of 23 with a responsible position) because your club is made up of non-athletes is a little ridiculous. And also quite juvenile.

It can also be a little ironic when you realize that those in college are even more immature than those you dealt with in high school. It's like you're moving backwards even as you are trying to go forward.

Basically, the drama club wanted to use the Field House for the drama club's haunted house (note: the field house is a abuilding open to the campus at large). My friend and club president was told to e-mail the assistant athletic director about the usage of the building. She was polite and gave all info. He did not resond for a week. A literal week.

When he finally did e-mail back, it was only after one of our guy friends (who's an athlete....sort of) went to talk with him. the athletic director sent a very curt message, telling us we could only do this after the girl's basketball team practice which was after they got back from some walk in town.....so sometime in the evening.

Then he waited until early this morning to e-mail our president again, this time informing her that he had reread her e-mail and said that we couldn't do anything at all. "I am afraid this would be impossible."

Basically, we'd have to tear down, clean the floor and set back up for the next day because they had their basketball and volleyball teams having practice in there. He also didn't specify which day.

Our amazing professor (who's head of the club)e-mailed him and basically went all mother bear on his ass. He had been disrespecting one of her students and she was NOT happy about that.

He e-mailed her back (within 5 minutes...what a change from a week huh?) in a slightly more respectful tone and continued to inform her that this was not going to work.

We have accepted defeat. We move to plan B....whatever the hell that is.

However, a friend told us that the practices could just as easily be held in the rec center instead....if they truly wanted to cooperate. She also gave the idea of writing an editorial to the school newspaper.....something along the lines of how it it hard to get cooperation from the athletic department when concerning other clubs and activities on campus. Which is strange, considering that the activity squad is getting to do the Halloween Dance in the gym.......and JCAC totally got to sponser the Video game night freshmen year.

*sigh* I just don't understand.......

I'm really starting to hate people. Like more than normal.